Petitions, Papers, Select Committee Reports, and Introduction of Bills

Members, no bills have been introduced. Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Brooke van Velden requesting that the House urge the Government to cease its proposed changes to interest deductibility rules

petition of Linzee McCutcheon requesting that the House urge the Government to restructure student allowance entitlements so that they take into consideration individuals’ circumstances

petition of Don Wilson and Kirsty Watt requesting that the House urge the Government to review and improve rehabilitation and care of women pre- and post-birth.

Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee.

Ministers have delivered papers.

Walking Access, Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa, Statement of Intent 2021-2025 and Statement of Performance Expectations 2021-2022

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Statement of Intent 2021–26 and statement of performance expectations 2021/22

New Zealand Productivity Commission, Statement of Performance Expectations 2021–22

Government response to the referral of Kate Slankard-Stone’s petition

Government response to the Report of the Social Services and Community Committee on the petition of Mark Sainsbury.

Those papers are published under the authority of the House.

Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Reports of the Governance and Administration Committee on the:

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Office of the Clerk

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Service

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Statistics

report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the petition of Kimai Huirama.

Before I start, on behalf of the ACT Party, it is great to see the member Kiritapu Allan back in the House, and we, as the ACT Party, wish her all the very best.

The usual way is to either seek leave or take a point of order, but the member needs to now come to the question.